The Giants, today, officially hired the first candidate they interviewed after Tom Coughlin stepped down -- Ben McAdoo. Given that David Shaw made himself unavailable, this is exactly what they had to do. At tbe beginning of the process, I mentioned that if it was McAdoo or Gase I'd want them to bring in an older coach as AHC, and they seem to be doing that with Philbin. We'll see how the rest of the staff shakes out but it looks like Mike Sullivan will be OC and Spags will get another season to prove he's still got it. With 7 prime picks, and close to 60 million in cap room, the Giants should be able to give Spags the bodies he needs on D. So now we're in the fun part wich includes staff hiring and, hopefully roster paring and rolling cap organization. Big presser to introduce Coach McAdoo at 10:30 AM.
UPDATE: Philbin is not joining the McAdoo staff. Instead he took the OL coaching job for the Colts.
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I thought Philbin was coming in as OC?
No, looks like he'll either be AHC/OL or AHC/QB.
I'm ok with McAdoo, but I see no reason to believe that Reese won't continue to be a problem. For him to challenge a reporter's "facts" on his poor mid- to late-round draft record when a subsequent review of the facts supported the reporter's point shows how lost he is.
Let's see what else happens, he's still the one who ran the drafts from `03-`07 and built the two Super Bowl winner. Also, the Giants have been the most injured team in foottball for the past three years and lost a bunch of good picks to career ending, or altering injuries. It's been statistically abberant, even though the default argument is that "everybody had injuries." They don't have them like the Giants have.
I would give him Ross' job, but he hired Ross, and somewhere between him and Ross and the scouts, something has gone very wrong. So let's see if they do anything tangible to fix it.
Injuries have gone wrong.
That has been a problem since Fassel as Coughlin referenced, in what turns out to be a cruel irony, at his first press conference.
I don't know if they or anyone knows how to prevent them, but if injuries have been the result of bad luck, they have had the good fortune of Eli remaining healthy, and that has to be viewed as at least a partial offset.
I know it's not all about the big names, and that is not what Reese does. However he has to in my view get at least two impact players on D from Free agency as a minimum starting point..
They'll have about 60M and 7 rounds of nice draft position to solve the roster. They should get a lot done. Also, they could have more front office moves on the way.
Color me skeptical on that 60m being spent wiseley -- FA is not something Reese has navigated well.
We have to hope that McAdoo has skills in player personnel evaluation as well as the ability to convince others of such. Granted, it is only a hope at this point.
He said something about dedication being what the lazy think obsession is that I liked a lot.
McAdoo sure can handle a room.
Let' hope he can handle a locker room as well!
Speaking of the locker room, who are, or who will be, McAdoo's guys?
Didn't they give up a pick this year for Wing ?
Philbin to the Colts
I would rather lose Spags
Phil, you rock. How come you don't add to the bbi discourse anymore?
I do sometimes, but I'm also a member of a different Giants board.
Too bad (for selfish reasons) that Strahan has become such a massive star. His careers embodies the pinnacle of what a player should aspire to become. He would be a huge asset for the Giants, in any employment position.
A rare Osi signing. Awesome!
*sighting
Say it ain't so Phil!! Need to come to this new board you're at :)
I'm watching the NFL network with Jerry Kramer talking about going after The Hamner in Super Bowl I because he said that he was going to knock people out. And he said what they did was to send nine guys at him. I wish someone would've asked McAdoo why've guys weren't sent at Norman.
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